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<p class="heading0">ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)</p>
<p class="heading1"><a href="PieChart.htm">PieChart</a>.<wbr>setLabelFormat</p>
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<p class="heading2a">Usage</p>
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public void setLabelFormat(String formatString)
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<p class="heading2">Description</p>
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Sets the format of the all sector labels.<br><br>
This method affects all sectors. To set the label format for one particular sector only, use <a href="Sector.setLabelFormat.htm">Sector.setLabelFormat</a>.<br><br>
The default sector label format depends on the label layout method used (see <a href="PieChart.setLabelLayout.htm">PieChart.setLabelLayout</a>).<br><br>
<div style="width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;"><table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th width="38%">Label Layout Method<th>Default Label Format <tr><td>Circular Layout<td><code class='pre'>{label}&lt;*br*&gt;{percent}%</code><br>
(The "&lt;*br*&gt;" above is the <a href="cdml.htm">CDML</a> syntax for a line break.)
<tr><td>Side Layout<td><code class='pre'>{label} ({percent}%)</code><br>
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Please refer to <a href="paramsub.htm">Parameter Substitution and Formatting</a> on all available parameters and how to format them.
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<th width="19%">Argument</th><th width="19%">Default</th><th>Description</th>
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<td>formatString</td><td>(Mandatory)</td><td>The format string.</td>
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<p class="heading2">Return Value</p>
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None
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